Disgusting! This weirdo should be locked up for a long time along with the man who fatally stabbed another man on Thursday, just a few blocks north of the ball park. Baltimore City's crimes and misdemeanors are getting worse, not better. Don't believe the stats that are quoted by BCP.

The O's and Baltimore City have only themselves to blame for setting the precedent that this type of thing is okay since they didn't prosecute the Batman fool that ran on the field earlier in the season. As far as this incident is concerned, it is another example of too much booze mixed with too little brains equals foolish actions.

Nice tackle Ump!!

And the ump never let go of his face mask! Good job blue.

Really BaltimoreDee? Lock up a drunk for as long as a killer? Great idea...

"Fatkin graduated from Perry Hall High School in 2010" Speaks volumes about the quality of education at Perry Hall High!!!

Maybe if the O's were a better team people would be more concerned about the game and wouldn't have to make their own entertainment.

I hardly think the unfortunate actions of this man are related to the education he received at Perry Hall HS. Really? Idiotic comment!!

VS, do you know if he was in the chorale program there?

I wish the Patriots linebackers could tackle like that!

this just proves one more time -- as if we had to be reminded -- that there is SOMEBODY out there who will literally do ANYTHING. and that's scary. but for this guy, it was worth what doubtles will be a minor misdemeanor charge and a relatively small fine. some pleasure, as they say, is worth the pain.

this kid is a joke. have fun in a jail cell idiot.

RavensOs89: mean!

Are you KIDDING me? I can't believe that we want to blame Perry Hall High School for this boys actions/choices. I say it is lack of the good old fashioned "Parenting" - which you find very little of now-a-days! All the parents want to do is blame someone else for the lack of what they have not taught. More parents need to teach their kids the basics of Morales, Manners and Respect! I think it is pretty funny that if you look on this kids facebook page he has a picture of an adult (possibly his Dad) who is as high as a kite....Hmmm!

I don't see why everyone is making such a big deal about this. Obviously someone just had a bit too much to drink. No one got hurt, no one was in danger of getting hurt. Let him spend his night in his jail cell and deal with his misdemeanor.

Perry Hall High MSA results are above county and state averages in every category. One kid who obviously lacks common sense, made a poor decision to get 30 seconds of fame. Certainly not a reflection of the school's high performance expectations and results.

just shows how the media has nothing good to report, so they find sorry junk like this to get you all stirred up about nothing and you fall for in as always . Sad but it's true.

The Orioles fans score more then the Orioles do! Well done sir, well done!

It sounded like the crowd enjoyed it. That is odd; usually the crowd hates things like that.

that was awesome!, well done! Crowd certainly enjoyed it. Alot of these people on here need to LIGHTEN up

Maybe the Ravens should draft that umpire to back up Ray Lewis.

If we want to deter this kind of thing, then this idiot should be given 10 days in Central Lockup. Then, someone, maybe even someone from The Patch, should interview this guy and let him give everyone a full description of what it was like spending 10 days amongst the human garbage that inhabit Central Lockup. Tell us about everything. How he became Big Bubba's girlfriend, what the food was like, how well did he sleep while he was there for his 10-day stay, what did it smell like, etc.

The bigger issue is... Where were the police? This could have been a terrible tragedy if this was a person with a weapon. He had too much time on the field. This guy should have been tackled and cuffed the minute he hit the field.

this was just a publicty stunt for the " unsensible roots"
fools can come from any where,,,,,,,,,,, was he out at the plate? also,
triva question: what was the name of the poet who uses all small case letters ? Im thinking e.j. cummings ? ( or close to that)

Here's what he had to say about it. http://www.sensibleroots.com/blog/?p=27

LOL, what a bunch of Quakers. I think it's hilarious, and guess what, baseball is a GAME, and people have fun there. Someone said if the Orioles were better it wouldn't have happened, hey genius, the Os are doing GREAT, and are in first place. OMGOMGOMG give the kid the death penalty, he's such a menacing criminal.
Lighten up you Amish tight arses!

The young man had stopped running amd was facing the stands and the umpire tackled him from behind correct ? so I ask you was that really necessary? so now who's the idiot ?

Because cause the he didn't have a shirt on he is half naked? If that is the case then all of the males that you see out in public in the summer without a shirt are running around half naked and should be arrested for being in public? Or all of the males you see at the beach with much less on than this guy, should they be considered almost naked in public? Get a life - the guy should not have been on the field with or without a shirt on.

Totally drunk Guy In The Stands + Dare from Half Drunk Buddies = This Guy

Lighten up. Of course there should be more ways to stop this potentially dangerous activity, but, lets face it, nobody would want to go somewhere where the fans - or the players are fenced in. There are idiots everywhere, and we can't stop all of it.

And - "Half Naked"? oh, get over it!

Wakeup Angelos, it's becoming obvious that the Orioles fans are more entertaining than your players themselves. Time to spend some $$$ and change the show on the field or risk becoming the laughing stock of MLB with the infield shenanigans.

Look at what the infield shenanigans has done to the Preakness, this too will soon be happening at Camden Yards if you don't produce a team that can hold their own.
Heck, the Ironbirds play better ball than your superstars.

And Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, it's time to get your boys in blue off the donut diet and into the gym between shifts, many of your "boys" can't run the 100 yd dash with stopping to catch their breath, never mind a criminal.

What has Baltimore become, beside the laughing stock of the US of A

This is the most action at home plate in a long time!

The Bel AIr Patch reports Half Naked man runs on field-the only way that is half naked is if he was free balling under those pants - And How Many of You Holier then Thow Uppity Bel Air Residents would do what that guy did for $5,000???

I was at the game and I was glad the ump tackled him. He had no right to be on the field and deserves any sentence he gets! I still think if they had thrown the book at Batman, this would have helped keep others from doing the same stupid act of running on the field

Thats my good friend chris it was all fun and games I dared him to do it, nobody got hurt so everyone can stop crying about it he spent 1 night in central booking and is now out. For the people talking about his facebook page n how theres a picture of his dad whos high? His dad lives in las vegas so get ur facts straight that was his brother and he wasnt high he was slightly intoxicated and he is of age to be drinking so keep your comments to yourself. Also i know plenty of people who went to Perry Hall High who have gotten full rides to Division I colleges and have graduated and have great jobs. Dont down somebodys public education just because your parents paid for you to go to a private school. Pure disrespect.

Oh, geez, I agree, lighten up, everyone. I've seen worse things just driving through the city to get to the ball game. And I'd rather see what he was (or wasn't) wearing than some of the outfits I see at Walmart. Just a drunk acting stupid.

Good for the Umpire who tackled him
Brenden youshouldn't have dared him to do it in the first place. I don't think it was funny.

I dared him on our way down the escalator n the rest of the group told him not to do it then i even told him not to but as soon as we got off the escalator he sprinted into the left field section next to the foul pole and jumped over the wall we chased him but due to a crowd of people we were unable to catch him. Regardless i still think it was funny and so did the other 18,000 people in attendance.

Apparently were not allowed to have fun anymore without being bashed by these uptight adults who ay life by the book and have no sense of humor. We are young.

Brendan, dude, it was illegal so Fatkin's gonna get charged. Does it suck, yeah. Should he have done it, probably not. Is he now a legend for it? Yeah. And to the adult who commented on the Class of 2010's educational quality. Do not blame our former teachers, our alma mater, or anyone else for the things we do in our future. The decisions we make are ours and ours alone. We are capable of taking responsibility. One decision does not define who we are as people.

Really? "half naked" and "streaker" ??? I saw a shirtless man slide into home plate. Is this "Trash Patch" or a worthy news publication?

im staying positive about the team I grew up with,,,,,,,,,, we battled back today from 2-0 and won the game in the botom of the ninth yeaaa!!!! I know the "A's arent a top caliber team, but still we showed heart today,,,,,,, and no shirtless free runner's today HA!!

I'm a photographer, who has photographed sporting events. Pro photographers know that we have no right to step onto a field of play during game time. The field belongs to those people who are making the game happen. It does not matter that young Mr. Fatkin was not out there intending to harm someone on the field. He could have accidentally hurt someone. And had he run close to any of the photographers working down off to the side of the field, one of those guys might have made that necessary tackle.

The worst aspect of the bad decision made to run onto the field is that a person with felonious intent might very well be inspired to - some game day - run out there to intentionally injure someone. Like the old, angry crowd chant says, someone might actually go out there and "kill the umpire." A 'rabid' fan might run out there and inflict physical damage upon a top-notch player of the opposing team, so that the fan's team has a better chance of winning. If it weren't for the cops and other security personnel, an injurious felony probably would have already been committed by some 'rabid' fan or some other type of unstable individual.

Most of us have done things neither our teachers nor parents influenced us to do or approved of. Some of us have been influenced by our friends to act on their bad ideas. But we are the ones most responsible for bad actions committed by our own self.

Christopher E. Fatkin's family and former teachers surely say he needs to apologize.

Wahhhhhhhh he already apologized heres Chris' response....Okay so by now, most of you have heard about what happened last night when I ran onto the field at Camden Yards, rounded third, and slid head first into home plate. I was tackled by home plate umpire Jeff Kellogg and arrested. Honestly, the only thing I regret about my decision is affecting the life of the umpire, Mr. Kellogg. I assumed I was going to get tackled in my immediate future, and could quite honestly care less about who did it. I want to apoligize to Mr. Kellogg for any issues I may have caused in his life. Other then that, all I can say is I had fun. Go O’s!

Dont say he has the intent to hurt someone until it actually happens hes harmless he was having fun nobody got hurt n thats all that matters he did more damage to his own chest then he did to your life quit crying about it its done with it was funny if you dont think it was funny you are the dullest human being on this planet

Also his teachers know how he was he was always a class clown and they liked that about him hes never had the intent to hurt or offend somebody hes a happy kid

"Dont say he has the intent to hurt someone"

I stated that "It does not matter that young Mr. Fatkin was not out there intending to harm someone on the field." Because no one knew that he was not going to hurt someone - until the incident ended. And until it ended without him hurting anyone, I assure you that security personnel, and any ball team members who saw the boy running on the field, including team owners, experienced serious concern until it ended. That boy's lucky everyone on the field saw him coming, and he didn't surprise anyone who might have turned around and punched his lights out.

Everyone out there but your friend worked hard to get there. They earned that space, your boy didn't.

Now, when applying for a job, and in certain other situations, Christopher E. Fatkin may be required to disclose that he was arrested. Someday, he will probably wish that there is no record of an arrest.

I'm not crying. I'm speaking as a former professional security employee who knows that all pro baseball security personnel will be on stressful alert for copycat crimes - any other disrespectful "class clown" who might run out on the ball field.

The greatest concern is that Chris' somewhat comic act may inspire a sports fan with a violent streak running through them to run out onto a field of play and seriously hurt someone. The Orioles, which you two young men are fans of, are probably very concerned.

Be men. Apologize to the two teams you are disrespecting.

Exactly buck no biggie and last time i checked its a minor misdemeanor which does nothing when your applying for a job hes fine he made national tv which is awesome all it was was him getting his 30 seconds of fame. He didnt startle anyone he made it home safe(literally) and nobody was harme in the process. I dont think an appology is needed here towards the team maybe to the umpire which he already appologized to. Im sorry but i dont think the players are losing sleep over this and neither should you.

It was his birthday. Everyone has done somthing stupid in their life. Just let him have his moment. Lol

From CBS DC

"For Baltimore Orioles star Adam Jones, the means for cutting down on the number of fans from running onto the field during games is simple: Tase them.

Following Friday night’s game in Baltimore that saw home plate umpire Jeff Kellogg tackle a bare-chested fan running on the field, Jones told reporters that anyone who made their way on to the field in a disorderly fashion should be tased or taken down by K9 cops."

"Still, [Umpire] Kellogg could face disciplinary action from Major League Baseball for his takedown of the fan. But that didn’t stop Jones from tipping his hat to the umpire for his tackle. Jones added that a K9 unit to deter fans from fanning on to the field may also be an appropriate tactic.

“Let’s get a canine or something. A canine would be fine. Let the cop train him to get him,” he said."

Or, perhaps, Jones may hope that umpires be allowed to tackle unruly fans. He applauded Kellogg for his efforts.

“I told [Kellogg], ‘That’s awesome,’” Jones said. “I’m sick and tired of these guys running on the field, man.” He added: “It’s so annoying. You’re stopping the game. I understand you’re drunk. I mean, go do that on someone else’s expense. I hope that’s [Kellogg’s tackle] a lesson.”
Adam Jones sure ain't the only member of Major League Baseball who feels that way.

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/04/29/orioles-star-advocates-for-fans-who-run-on-the-field-to-be-tased/#respond

Adam Jones was right, he should have been tazed. Since he is so desperate for attention, how about a public tazing. The crowds would love it and he can tell his grand kids about it some day. (His family must be proud). After that, taze his loser friends who are defending him.

First of all he was not streaking. Get your facts straight Perry Hall patch. His shirt was off. We all have seen much worse. Lets not make the story more than what it really is. Im sure hes well aware that with his actions there would be punishment for it. And hes getting it. Arrested. Charged, even a brusing here are there. Hopefully he learned his lesson if not then he'll learn the hard way, but I'm pretty sure this was the hard way to learn, but we will not know. This is not one of those things that need to be blown up out of proportion. Yes he ran onto the field. Yes he was stopped, and now is suffering. This is one of those things that I'm sure his family will laugh about years down the road. But really there are more important things going on in our communitty that I am sure people would like to be aware of.

A true orioles? Doesnt even make sense now whos the dork? It was a great night at the yard he had a blast get over it

Look out hes about to do it at yankees stadium.....

If this is what he'll do on a dare at the park, what will he do on a Double-Down Dare?
This kid may have a future on 'Reality T/V !!!

Trust me he'll do just about anything i know firsthand after all i am the one who dared him to this stunt

First of all,half naked,he didnt have a shirt on! 2) Hero,Hero, what a joke! Some drunken young man doing a dumb but funny thing! He got tackled,face full of fake rocks,and arrested,case closed! What do you people want to put him to death for being a dope?LIGHTEN UP people,stop being haters!

Why do we continue to "reward" people who do things in bad taste with attention and free press. If the Sun used its free space to give more acknowledgement to deserving athletes . . . local, high school, etc., rather than dunces, fewer acts of disruption might result.

Brenden, you and your friend Christopher owe the Orioles an apology. Plus some real respect. Look what they had to do because of you, and how embarrassed they are by what a mere few of their fans have done:

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/09/embarrassed-orioles-hire-extra-field-security/

15 seconds (not minutes) of fame is now over!